For Ukrainians, poetry isn't a luxury, it's a necessity during war | Charlotte Higgins
Poetry is fulfilling a very human need – to make sense of the senseless and tell their stories, says the Guardian’s chief culture writer Charlotte Higgins
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Poetry is fulfilling a very human need – to make sense of the senseless and tell their stories, says the Guardian’s chief culture writer Charlotte Higgins
Three Ukrainian writers, the “ethno-chaos” band DakhaBrakha, and an essay on reading the digital semiosphere.
Poet Lyuba Yakimchuk grew up in the contested Donbas region of Ukraine. After pro-Russian separatists took control of the area in 2014, her family had to flee. And now, the whole country has been invaded. Lyuba Yakimchuk reflects on poetry, war, and the burden of a motherland.
Seven works of poetry and prose from Ukraine to read now.